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March 9, 2010. U.S. eases sanctions on web use for Cuba, Iran, and Sudan

SOURCE:Altegrity Risk International

It was reported on March 9th that the U.S. Department of the Treasury has eased sanctions on Iran, Cuba, and Sudan to help further the use of web services and support opposition groups. With this move, U.S. technology firms will now be allowed to export online services such as instant messaging and social networks to these countries and its citizens. The U.S. Treasury said exports would be allowed of services related to web browsing, blogging, e-mail, instant messaging, chat, social networking and photo- and movie-sharing.

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